Environment: Project Dubious

With the force of a small earthquake, three atomic bombs will explode
next month beneath the Colorado surface. Set off simultaneously by the
Atomic Energy Commission, they will release a combined explosive force
of 60 kilotons. The underground spectacular is part of an ambitious
program of at least 140 subterranean nuclear explosions that are
designed to release some of the 300 trillion cubic feet of natural gas
far beneath the surface of the Rocky Mountain states. But the program
faces heated opposition. Citizens, politicians and scientists all fear
that the blasts will release...